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Fanshawe Yacht Club * June 24-25, 2006 Race 5 pics by Rick Goldt |
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| The
lovely
Lake Huron-donated lake breeze continued, and so the RC
gave us a 5th
race while the going was good. 23 June 2020: Ever fast on the uptake, Uncle Al notices - only 14 years later - something amiss with the flags. ... |
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| Just
after a
nice, clean start, it looks like Fred Black (2nd
from left) is
rescuing a man overboard? A lot of the boats again held
starboard off
the line, hoping for a starboard knock and the
concomitant ... ... |
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| ...
port
tack lift. click here for full-size pic; then click Back button to return to this page ... |
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| After a
while, it became a question of how close to the windward
shore one was
willing to risk going in search of the big port lift. ... |
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| Moving
well
up the second beat, Alastair and David sail into ... ... |
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| ... a
lift
that puts them within striking position of Mike Codd to
leeward and
ahead. ... |
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| Fear of
hitting dead spots should be dancing in Mike's and
Alastair's heads
right about now. Mike (l) seems to be sailing into a knock, and if Alastair gets the same wind ... ... |
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Mike
should
be able to tack and cross Alastair any time now. Holding
on any longer
is
begging to have the return oscillation pin Mike onto
starboard at the
mercy of Alastair. Cross 'em while you can, says Stuart
Walker! ... |
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| John
(7351)
and Bob Kennedy get a nice lift in the middle of the
lake. ... |
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| Mike (2nd
from
right) has tacked, as has Alastair (r).
The latter
should probably tack again, since he could then sail into the wind patch that is giving Mike such a nice lift! ... |
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| No
screw-ups
for Uncle Al (l) in this one as he and Marc are
rolling to a
runaway win while (l to r) Mike, John and Jens
are in a close
fight over second place. click
here
for full-size pic; then click Back button to return to
this page ... |
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| The
fight
for fifth is very close, too. ... |
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Coming up the
final
beat of the day, Marc and Al (l) are doing a
text book job of
defending their lead: They held port around the mark
until second-place
Mike was about half-way to the mark, at which point
they tacked such
that (above) they are more or less positioned
directly between
Mike and the finish line (where these photos are being
taken).
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| With
this
much lead, Al can easily afford to delay or speed up his
tacks in order
to ... ... |
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| ... pick better shifts or gusts in which to
tack. ... |
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I like the way
John and
Dolores (l) are "attacking" Jens and Sharon
from leeward and
ahead here as second best option to being windward and
ahead if you can
get
it! Of course, on Fanshawe and other small lakes,
nothing is very
certain, but assuming you are both sailing the lifted
tack, the next
shift - the percentages say - should be a knock that
will benefit the
boat to leeward and ahead. I know! I know! There are
half a dozen
scenarios in which John could lose here, but on
average, John's
approach will bring better results. In this instance,
John edged Jens
for 3rd place.
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| Mike
Codd
and Kirk Iredale are about to grab a fine 2nd ahead of
John (2nd
from left). |
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